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Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF) 2, Ancestry of the Population of the United States (ICPSR 6213)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

SSTF 2 contains sample data weighted to represent the total
population. In addition, it contains 100-percent counts and unweighted
sample counts for total persons and total housing units in the 1990
Census. Population variables include nativity, ability to speak
English, age, number of children ever born, class of worker,
disability status, earnings in 1989, educational attainment,
employment status, household size, industry, labor force status,
language spoken at home, occupation, poverty status in 1989, school
enrollment, and year of entry into the United States. Housing
variables include gross rent, housing units, kitchen facilities,
mortgage status, plumbing facilities, tenure, units in structure, and
year householder moved into unit. The data are also crosstabulated and
presented in a variety of tables. Crosstabulations include nativity,
year of entry, and citizenship by all other variables, age by school
enrollment by sex, age by poverty status by sex, relationship by
family type by subfamily type, and employment status by hours worked
last week and year last worked. The dataset includes both "A" and
"B" records. "A" records have three population (PA) and three
housing (HA) tables. The "B" records present more detail in 66
population (PB) and 10 housing (HB) tables, and are divided into 16
segments of 7,849 characters each.

SSTF 2 contains sample data weighted to represent the total
population. In addition, it contains 100-percent counts and unweighted
sample counts for total persons and total housing units in the 1990
Census. Population variables include nativity, ability to speak
English, age, number of children ever born, class of worker,
disability status, earnings in 1989, educational attainment,
employment status, household size, industry, labor force status,
language spoken at home, occupation, poverty status in 1989, school
enrollment, and year of entry into the United States. Housing
variables include gross rent, housing units, kitchen facilities,
mortgage status, plumbing facilities, tenure, units in structure, and
year householder moved into unit. The data are also crosstabulated and
presented in a variety of tables. Crosstabulations include nativity,
year of entry, and citizenship by all other variables, age by school
enrollment by sex, age by poverty status by sex, relationship by
family type by subfamily type, and employment status by hours worked
last week and year last worked. The dataset includes both "A" and
"B" records. "A" records have three population (PA) and three
housing (HA) tables. The "B" records present more detail in 66
population (PB) and 10 housing (HB) tables, and are divided into 16
segments of 7,849 characters each.

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: SUBJECT SUMMARY TAPE FILE (SSTF) 2, ANCESTRY OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06213.v1

Methodology

Sample:
The data contained in this file are based on the long-form
questionnaire for the 1990 Census. This form was administered to
approximately 17 percent of the housing units nationwide using a
variable-rate sampling method based on geographic location and
population.